Well…this one has been coming for the summer and I finally did it….got under an hour for 15 miles on the bike…I’ll be you thought I’d gotten a job…no such luck….this morning, with three cups of coffee, little wind, and cool temps…I got down to 58 mins and 22 secs for the 15 miles…and that even includes 32 seconds at the light at Eastern and 52nd street. I know I haven’t said much about this all summer and part of it is that I wasn’t sure if I could do it…my best until today was 1:04:42 and the legs just didn’t feel up to getting much better…maybe it was the two non-cocktail nights that helped? This goes along with almost getting to 16,000 miles on this bike…only have 18 more to go to reach 16K…I wonder if I can get 9K more and have the equivalent of riding the thing around the world? That would be pretty cool…..more later…

Well…it was an okay day yesterday for it being the first…and, I did get out to see K and V and have a couple which was fun…slept okay, too, so I feel okay today…and, it is the Wings opening night but I’ll have to go out to see it since it is on a channel I don’t get…it’s not the same without Ken and Mickey doing the play by play…at least I have the cash to go out for the first two perlods…it might be fun to get out for a while….not much to do today…the normal stuff, of course, but not much else….I do have a little work to do around here to be ready for later in the week but that is about it…I should get the wheels for the snowies painted but I’m not sure if I am that ambitious….more later…

Well…here we go again…another month starts…more rent to be paid and more depression to be endured…what a way to start the month. It was an okay day yesterday…made a little cash that might get me through rent next month..and, I got the chance to drive the car so that was good….slept like crap again and I may have to start staying up later just to see if that helps…but the boredom that comes with that would be a side effect that I’m not sure is a good trade off….I am taking the week off from cocktails just to get rid of the water that comes with that….and to give the liver a rest…might even try to go two weeks if the first one goes well…not much to do today…just the normal stuff….and the squeak is back in the bike again so that will have to be dealt with before I go out….it looks like just a t-shirt day for the ride and that makes it a long one….more later….

Well…it has been an interesting day today and I made a little money so that is cool….I have been sitting here trying to figure out what to write for the last one but I am still struggling with the whole idea of a topic….it is my least favorite day of the month after all…have to pay rent tomorrow…hmmm, so maybe that makes tomorrow the least favorite day? They’re both pretty bad…I did get to take a little drive today with the top down and that lifted my spirits somewhat but with taking the entire week off from cocktails…there will be huge quantities of boredom to deal with…and, the shutdown of the gov’t is just too much…where the hell did the adults go? I have had enough of the right’s bullshit and this will be pinned on them and their extortion and terrorism….okay, that’s enough for now….need to start all over again tomorrow….

Well….it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get much accomplished…was just in a funk and didn’t feel like doing much…I did watch the last “Breaking Bad” and it was pretty good…kind of figured they would kill Walt in the end and that was okay…I may just write an entire one about that later but who knows? I slept like crap and it appears the sleeping pills are no longer working so I need to try something else….not much to do today…I do have some chores to do around here along with the normal stuff but that is about it…no cooking even, just leftovers from the pork shoulder…starting to get tired of it so I may just have today’s dinner and then freeze the rest for soup…more later…

Well…as you can see, I’m still trying to get caught up for the month so I am going to cheat a little….just got back from the ride and found a really cool new trail…or I should say they just finished the trail so I took it just to see where it goes…it starts out as just a trail but then about 100 yards in it turns into an elevated boardwalk that goes for almost half a mile…just couldn’t believe that Kentwood would put that much money into a trail…but, it shortens up my ride by about a mile so I won’t be taking it too much….still pretty cool….more later…

Well…it was a normal, boring day yesterday but the pork shoulder came out good so that is something…slept okay but still feel like crap today with a good sized headache that has to be caused by allergies…forgot to get allergy medicine yesterday so I’ll have to see if there is any here….I am looking forward to “Breaking Bad” tonight and that will be the focus of the day for me…after football and the races, that is….don’t have lot more to say right now…so, I won’t say it….more later…

Well…almost forgot this one from the trail this morning…when I was on the last uphill to the park where I take my last break every day, there was just the strangest sight…a rabbit, or half a rabbit was laying in the middle of the trail…it looked like it had just been sliced in half with a knife and the front was gone…and the weirder thing is that about 50 yards up the hill, there was another one…just like the first one…the front gone and the back essentially intact. Now, I am really curious about what could do that around here…could be a dog but why just the front gone? Maybe alien dissection? Coyote? It will be a puzzle for a while anyway….

Oh, one last thing…just an observation…why would anyone put custom wheels on a Prius? Saw one in the parking lot of the trail in Kentwood today…just not right…..

Well…running kind of late today but I did have to go out for groceries…just couldn’t pass up pork shoulder at 99 cents a pound and needed cocktail materials for “Breaking Bad” tomorrow night….making an 8 pound shoulder right now and can’t wait…it is going to be a little boring today with both Michigan and State on a bye week and no soccer that I can get…there may be a race to watch later, though…I’ll have to take a look…slept okay last night, I think, but I am still tired today so it must not have been that good…oh, well…it does look nice outside and it will be a long ride day with no wind to work against…other than that, not much to do today…I should clean and I might…I did get new wipers for the car and need to put those on since the ones on it just don’t work anymore…more later…

Well…it was an okay day yesterday and i was busy all morning and into the afternoon so the boredom was kept somewhat at bay….got the car cleaned and waxed and I can see out of the glass again…slept okay but feel kind of crappy this morning with going out to have a couple with G and then cocktails after I got back here…but, I think it is more the allergies since I have had this low grade headache for a couple of weeks now…and they are going to get worse with the ride this morning…but, still no medication so far and I feel good about that…but, I may pick some up tomorrow to keep from coughing so much…not much to do today..pool, since it is Friday but that is about it…I do have to move the car at some point since they are going to repaint the lines on the lot here but I am hoping that will get done while I’m gone this aft…more later…